EP0140020A1 - Multi-purpose on column injector - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to an injector for the injection of samples to be analyzed in a gas chromatographic capillary column and,.more precisely, to an injector of the non vaporizing direct on-column type, comprising an accessory device applicable thereof to allow its use also to perform injections of the vaporizing type with not dilutable samples or concentrated solutions requiring a splitting of the vaporized sample, as well as to eliminate the solvent before the sample is transferred to the capillary column.
- Said injector comprises a duct for the introduction of the injection syringe needle which can be closed by means of a valve, the lower section of said duct housing the end of a gas chromatographic column.
- Said gas chromatographic column end is pneumatically connected to the duct thanks to an 0-ring kept in position by a small tube coaxial to the column and screwed to the injector body.
- This small tube forms a jacket around the column head and the hollow space between the jacket and the column is fed with a fluid at a controlled temperature.
- the vaporization tube can be void or a fiberglass sponge can be placed in it to hold the sample when it is at the liquid state and to release it when it passes to the vapour state.
- the fiberglass sponge is impermeable to the sample at the liquid state, while it is permeable to the sample when the letter is at the vapour state.
- An object of this invention is now to provide an injector of the non-vaporizing direct on-column type, for instance such as the one described and illustrated in the aforementioned U.S. patent N. 4.269.608 and comprising an accessory device which allows to use said injector to perform a method of the type described and claimed in the aforementioned U.S. patent N. 4.383.839.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an injector with accessory device having the abovementioned features, which is capable of holding inside the vaporization tube the sample at the liquid state and of releasing it when it passes to the vapour state, even in the case of very polar samples, for which the use of said fiberglass sponges could involve drawbacks due to their high surface and the difficulty of completely desactivating them.
- Another object of this invention is to provide an injector with an accessory device of the aforementioned type,which allows to eliminate, during the injection stage and in any case before the vaporization stage, the volatile components present in a sample to be analyzed, thus allowing to analyze only the heavy components in the sample itself.
- an on-column type injector with accessory device which comprises a tubular element, one end of which can be fixed to the injector body coaxially to the duct for the passage of the injection syringe needle, while the opposite accessory device end is closed by an insert provided with an axial hole, in which the head of a capillary gas chromatographic column is pneumatically housed, and with a hole for controllaby splitting the vaporized sample, the tubular element housing a vaporization tube in conditions of thermal exchange with heating means and pneumatically connected to said passage for the injection syringe needle and to said holes of the insert.
- the vaporization tube can have a series of inner protrusions,turned towards the axis of the tube itself and reciprocally offset and opposed in such a way as to hold the sample when it is at the liquid state.
- the end of said tubular element in which the gas chromatographic column head in inserted can have, besides the hole necessary to perform the vaporized sample splitting, a second hole communicating with a duct connected, through a valve, to a carrier gas line.
- Said duct can moreover be connected, downstreams of said valve and by means of a fitting provided with an adjustable neck, to the duct for the introduction of the sample carrier gas, while the valve can be a three-way valve, allowing a selective connection of the car- ri e r gas line to the duct for carrier gas introduction into the on-column injector or to the duct leading to the tubular element.
- the aforementioned second hole in the tubular element during the injection of the sample to be analyzed and in any case before the vaporization stage of the sample portion to be trasferred to the capillary column, it is possible to introduce carrier gas into the tubular element through said second hole and in such a way to strike the sample with a gas current flowing in the opposite direction to that of the sample introduction in the gas chromatographic column, said gas current carrying the sample volatile substances out of the on-column injector by means of a suitable discharge duct provided in the injector body and equipped with cut off and control valves.
- the lower part of the injector shows a protrusion 3 coaxial to the duct 2 allowing the injector to be fixed to the walls 4 of an oven which houses a gas chromatographic capillary column 5, in particular preferably made of fused silica.
- the protrusion 3 has a threaded cavity 6 coaxial to the duct 2 and in which said duct 2 and a duct 6' open, the latter duct communicating with a fluid source at controlled temperature, for example, even if not exclusively, air, possibly controlled by a valve 6".
- a small tube coaxial to the initial part of the column is screwed in the threaded cavity 6, forming a collecting chamber for the fluid at controlled temperature coming from the duct 6'.
- an accessory device 8 formed by a tubular element 7 is screwed instead of said small tube; in the lower end of said tubular element 7 is screwed an insert 9 provided with two radial holes 10 and 10' and with an axial hole 11, wherein the gas chromatographic column head 5 is inserted and pneumatically sealed and mechanically locked by a gasket 9' and a locking nut 9".
- a vaporization tube 12 is positioned, the upper end of which is inserted in the duct 2 of the injector and pneumatically sealed by means of an 0-ring 13 pressed against the injector body by the tubular element itself.
- the lower end of tube 12 is inserted in the axial hole 11 of insert 9 and pneumatically sealed by means of a gasket 14.
- the lower end of tubular element 7 has a threaded cavity 21 provided with a shoulder 22 capable of holding a washer 23 made of insulating material, for instance Vespel (registered trade mark), against which the gasket 14 is pushed by the insert 9.
- the first of the two radial holes 10 and 10' of insert 9 communicates with a duct 10" and is designed to allow splitting of the vaporized sample, while the second hole 10 1 communicates with a duct 10" connected, through a three-way valve 29 to which the duct 1 is also connected, to a source of carrier gas.
- the ducts 1' and 10"' can be connected to one another, downstream the valve 29, by a duct 30 provided with an adjustable neck 31.
- the inner part of the vaporization tube 12 can house a fiberglass sponge, or it can be provided, in an intermediate section between a point A downstream the injection point and a point B upstream the open end of column 5, with a series of protrusions 20 turned towards the axis of the tube itself and reciprocally offset and opposed, in a way as to create a zigzag passage for the injected sample.
- the protrusion 20 hold inside the tube 12 the sample when it is at the liquid state so as to prevent it from penetrating into the gaschromatographic column before it is vaporized.
- tubular element 7 Between the inner side walls of tubular element 7 and the vaporization tube 12 there is an hollow space 15 communicating through one or more holes 16, with said cavity 6 and therefore with duct 6' leading to the cavity itself and, through one or more holes 17, with the oven chamber, in a way as to submit the vaporization tube 12 to the controlled thermal action of the fluid introduced in 6' and discharged in 17.
- Said fluid is generally intended for cooling the tube 12, but it is also possible to introduce hot fluid for sample vaporization.
- an electric resistor 18 wound around the tube 12 and having an end soldered to a small metal cylinder 24, soldered on its turn in the upper axial passage of element 7.
- the other end of resistor 18 is soldered to a small metal cylinder 25 fixed between the ring 23 and a shaped insulating gasket 27, while the other electrode 28 is grounded in a point whatever.
- the injector body 1 has a third duct 32 for discharge, which is inserted in the duct 2 upstream the vaporization tube 12 and has a first valve 32' for controlling the discharge flow rate and a second valve 32" to control the duct opening and closure.
- the tubular element 7 is fixed to the injector 1 and the gas chromatographic column head is connected, through insert 9, to the vaporization tube 12, in particular it is inserted with its free end straight into the lower part of the vaporization tube 12.
- Figures 2 and 3 show another embodiment of the invention, wherein the vaporization tube 12 is housed in a tubular element 40 in a material adapted for heat transfer,for instance in a metallic material.
- This tubular element is heated by a plurality of resistors 44 housed in tubular insulating sheats 42.
- a liner 46 made of aluminium, or any other direct or indirect heating means can be provided for.
- the valve (not illustrated) to open and close duct 2 of the injector is opened and the upper part of the vaporization tube 12 receives through the duct 2 the injection syringe needle containing a sample to be analyzed which is at the liquid state.
- the sample is injected into the tube 12, the syringe needle is removed and the valve controlling the duct 12, is closed.
- the fiberglass sponge inserted in the tube 12 or the protrusions 20 on the tube wall prevent the sample at the liquid state from penetrating into the column 5.
- the temperature of tube 12 is kept at such a value as to prevent sample vaporization by means of cooling fluid introduced in 6' and discharged in 17.
- the tube 12 may be heatedto a controlled temperature to eliminate by the back flush or splitting line well defined light sample component not interesting the analysis.
- the vaporization tube 12 is heated at a chosen temperature for instance by the electric resistor 18, until the sample is completely vaporized.
- the carrier gas which flows into the injector duct,2, coming from duct 1, enters the vaporization tube 20 and drags the vaporized sample towards the chromatographic column. Part of the mixture formed by the vaporized sample and the carrier gas can be deviated outside the column 5 and discharged through the duct 10 of insert 9 so that the column receives only a certain amount of vaporized sample.
- the ratio between the amount of mixture deviated by the duct 10 is determined by controlling the flow rate in said duct and the opening or closing of same through the control valve 33 and cut off valve 33' connected to the duct 10, according to the temperature of tube 12.
- a splitless injection can be made by closing valve 33'.
- a cooling gas for example ambient air
- Said gas after lapping the tube 12, flows into the oven chamber through holes 17 provided in the lower part of the tubular element.
- the duct 10"' is fed with inert gas. More detail ediy when the syringe needle to inject the sample has been introduced into the duct 2, the valve 29 is regulated in such a way that only the duct 10"' communicates with the inert gas source, the valve 31 is regulated in such a way that the duct 10"' is connected to the duct 1' while the valve 32" of the discharge duct is open.
- the carrier gas sent to the duct 10"' comes out from the hole 10' of the insert 9, partly penetrating into the gas chromatographic column and partly into the tube 12.
- a small fraction of carrier gas introduced in the duct 10"' passes through the duct 30 and the neck 31 and flows into the duct 1.
- the sample is injected into the tube 12 where it meets the opposite inert gas current coming in through the duct 10"'; in this way the more volatile substances present in the sample are dragged by the carrier gas towards the opposite direction to that of sample introduction into the gas chromatographic column and sent out of the injector through duct 32 and under the control of valve 32', for example a needle valve.
- valve 32' for example a needle valve.
- the heaviest part of the sample is held by the protrusions 20 of tube 12 when striked by the carrier gas flow coming from hole 10' of insert 9 and dragging the sample volatile substances.
- the valve 29 is regulated in such a way that the carrier gas flows only into the duct 1' and the valve 32" of the discharge duct is closed.
- the duct 10"' is kept in communication with duct 1' so that a fraction of carrier gas flowing to the duct 1' comes out from the radial hole 10' of the insert 9 preventing the vaporized sample from entering the duct 10"'.
- the adjustable neck 31 is designed to control the gas flow rate necessary to create a fluid cap, alternatively in the duct 1' during the stage of elimination of the volatile substances present in the sample, and in the radial hole 10' during the vaporization stage and the sample injection in the gas chromatographic column.
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Description
- This invention relates to an injector for the injection of samples to be analyzed in a gas chromatographic capillary column and,.more precisely, to an injector of the non vaporizing direct on-column type, comprising an accessory device applicable thereof to allow its use also to perform injections of the vaporizing type with not dilutable samples or concentrated solutions requiring a splitting of the vaporized sample, as well as to eliminate the solvent before the sample is transferred to the capillary column.
- From U.S. Patent No. 4.269.608 assigned to the same Assegnee it is known an injector to perform the injection of samples to be analyzed without vaporization, directly in the gas chromatographic column.
- Said injector comprises a duct for the introduction of the injection syringe needle which can be closed by means of a valve, the lower section of said duct housing the end of a gas chromatographic column.
- Said gas chromatographic column end is pneumatically connected to the duct thanks to an 0-ring kept in position by a small tube coaxial to the column and screwed to the injector body. This small tube, according to what described and claimed in the aforementioned patent, forms a jacket around the column head and the hollow space between the jacket and the column is fed with a fluid at a controlled temperature.
- From U.S. Patent No. 4.383839 it is also known a method for the injection with vaporization of a liquid sample in a gas chromatographic capillary column comprising the steps of
- a) injecting the liquid sample into the initial part of a sample vaporization tube which does not contain stationary liquid phase (or contains an immobilised phase), the sample being kept liquid during the whole injection process;
- b) heating the vaporization tube and feeding it with carrier gas to drag the vaporized sample;
- c) diverting part of the resulting mixture of vaporized sample and carrier gas by means of a splitter and sending the remaining part to a gas chromatographic column containing a stationary liquid phase for chromatographic separation.
- The vaporization tube can be void or a fiberglass sponge can be placed in it to hold the sample when it is at the liquid state and to release it when it passes to the vapour state. In fact, the fiberglass sponge is impermeable to the sample at the liquid state, while it is permeable to the sample when the letter is at the vapour state.
- An object of this invention is now to provide an injector of the non-vaporizing direct on-column type, for instance such as the one described and illustrated in the aforementioned U.S. patent N. 4.269.608 and comprising an accessory device which allows to use said injector to perform a method of the type described and claimed in the aforementioned U.S. patent N. 4.383.839.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an injector with accessory device having the abovementioned features, which is capable of holding inside the vaporization tube the sample at the liquid state and of releasing it when it passes to the vapour state, even in the case of very polar samples, for which the use of said fiberglass sponges could involve drawbacks due to their high surface and the difficulty of completely desactivating them.
- Another object of this invention is to provide an injector with an accessory device of the aforementioned type,which allows to eliminate, during the injection stage and in any case before the vaporization stage, the volatile components present in a sample to be analyzed, thus allowing to analyze only the heavy components in the sample itself.
- Said objects are achieved by an on-column type injector with accessory device which comprises a tubular element, one end of which can be fixed to the injector body coaxially to the duct for the passage of the injection syringe needle, while the opposite accessory device end is closed by an insert provided with an axial hole, in which the head of a capillary gas chromatographic column is pneumatically housed, and with a hole for controllaby splitting the vaporized sample, the tubular element housing a vaporization tube in conditions of thermal exchange with heating means and pneumatically connected to said passage for the injection syringe needle and to said holes of the insert.
- In particular, the vaporization tube can have a series of inner protrusions,turned towards the axis of the tube itself and reciprocally offset and opposed in such a way as to hold the sample when it is at the liquid state.
- Moreover, the end of said tubular element in which the gas chromatographic column head in inserted, can have, besides the hole necessary to perform the vaporized sample splitting, a second hole communicating with a duct connected, through a valve, to a carrier gas line. Said duct can moreover be connected, downstreams of said valve and by means of a fitting provided with an adjustable neck, to the duct for the introduction of the sample carrier gas, while the valve can be a three-way valve, allowing a selective connection of the car- rier gas line to the duct for carrier gas introduction into the on-column injector or to the duct leading to the tubular element.
- Thanks to the aforementioned second hole in the tubular element, during the injection of the sample to be analyzed and in any case before the vaporization stage of the sample portion to be trasferred to the capillary column, it is possible to introduce carrier gas into the tubular element through said second hole and in such a way to strike the sample with a gas current flowing in the opposite direction to that of the sample introduction in the gas chromatographic column, said gas current carrying the sample volatile substances out of the on-column injector by means of a suitable discharge duct provided in the injector body and equipped with cut off and control valves.
- The invention will be now described more in detail with reference to the attached drawings.
- Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an on-column injector equipped with a vaporization accessory device and provided with a system for the elimination of the volatile components present in the sample to be analyzed.
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a modified embodiment of the vaporization accessory device according to the invention.
- Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line III-III of fig.2.
- Referring to figure 1, the injector 1, for example such as the one described and illustrated in the aforementioned U.S. Patent No. 4.269.608 comprises a duct 2, which can be closed by a valve, capable of allowing the passage of the injection syringe needle, and a duct 1' for the introduction of carrier gas. The lower part of the injector shows a
protrusion 3 coaxial to the duct 2 allowing the injector to be fixed to the walls 4 of an oven which houses a gas chromatographic capillary column 5, in particular preferably made of fused silica. - The
protrusion 3 has a threadedcavity 6 coaxial to the duct 2 and in which said duct 2 and a duct 6' open, the latter duct communicating with a fluid source at controlled temperature, for example, even if not exclusively, air, possibly controlled by avalve 6". - In the known embodiment, a small tube coaxial to the initial part of the column is screwed in the threaded
cavity 6, forming a collecting chamber for the fluid at controlled temperature coming from the duct 6'. - According to the invention, in said threaded
cavity 6, anaccessory device 8 formed by atubular element 7 is screwed instead of said small tube; in the lower end of saidtubular element 7 is screwed aninsert 9 provided with tworadial holes 10 and 10' and with anaxial hole 11, wherein the gas chromatographic column head 5 is inserted and pneumatically sealed and mechanically locked by a gasket 9' and alocking nut 9". - Inside the
tubular element 7, avaporization tube 12 is positioned, the upper end of which is inserted in the duct 2 of the injector and pneumatically sealed by means of an 0-ring 13 pressed against the injector body by the tubular element itself. The lower end oftube 12 is inserted in theaxial hole 11 ofinsert 9 and pneumatically sealed by means of a gasket 14. In particular, the lower end oftubular element 7 has a threadedcavity 21 provided with ashoulder 22 capable of holding awasher 23 made of insulating material, for instance Vespel (registered trade mark), against which the gasket 14 is pushed by theinsert 9. - The first of the two
radial holes 10 and 10' ofinsert 9 communicates with aduct 10" and is designed to allow splitting of the vaporized sample, while thesecond hole 101 communicates with aduct 10" connected, through a three-way valve 29 to which the duct 1 is also connected, to a source of carrier gas. Moreover, theducts 1' and 10"' can be connected to one another, downstream thevalve 29, by aduct 30 provided with an adjustable neck 31. - The inner part of the
vaporization tube 12 can house a fiberglass sponge, or it can be provided, in an intermediate section between a point A downstream the injection point and a point B upstream the open end of column 5, with a series ofprotrusions 20 turned towards the axis of the tube itself and reciprocally offset and opposed, in a way as to create a zigzag passage for the injected sample. Theprotrusion 20 hold inside thetube 12 the sample when it is at the liquid state so as to prevent it from penetrating into the gaschromatographic column before it is vaporized. - Between the inner side walls of
tubular element 7 and thevaporization tube 12 there is anhollow space 15 communicating through one ormore holes 16, with saidcavity 6 and therefore with duct 6' leading to the cavity itself and, through one ormore holes 17, with the oven chamber, in a way as to submit thevaporization tube 12 to the controlled thermal action of the fluid introduced in 6' and discharged in 17. Said fluid is generally intended for cooling thetube 12, but it is also possible to introduce hot fluid for sample vaporization. However, for the latter purpose, it is more advisable, as illustrated, to use anelectric resistor 18, wound around thetube 12 and having an end soldered to asmall metal cylinder 24, soldered on its turn in the upper axial passage of element 7.The other end ofresistor 18 is soldered to asmall metal cylinder 25 fixed between thering 23 and a shapedinsulating gasket 27, while theother electrode 28 is grounded in a point whatever. - Finally the injector body 1 has a
third duct 32 for discharge, which is inserted in the duct 2 upstream thevaporization tube 12 and has a first valve 32' for controlling the discharge flow rate and asecond valve 32" to control the duct opening and closure. - The
tubular element 7 is fixed to the injector 1 and the gas chromatographic column head is connected, throughinsert 9, to thevaporization tube 12, in particular it is inserted with its free end straight into the lower part of thevaporization tube 12. - Figures 2 and 3 show another embodiment of the invention, wherein the
vaporization tube 12 is housed in atubular element 40 in a material adapted for heat transfer,for instance in a metallic material. This tubular element is heated by a plurality ofresistors 44 housed in tubularinsulating sheats 42. To heat the splitting point, which is a very important feature, aliner 46 made of aluminium, or any other direct or indirect heating means can be provided for. - To perform an injection with or without elimination of the volatile components(back-flush), the following operations must be accomplished.
- The valve (not illustrated) to open and close duct 2 of the injector is opened and the upper part of the
vaporization tube 12 receives through the duct 2 the injection syringe needle containing a sample to be analized which is at the liquid state. - The sample is injected into the
tube 12, the syringe needle is removed and the valve controlling theduct 12, is closed. The fiberglass sponge inserted in thetube 12 or theprotrusions 20 on the tube wall prevent the sample at the liquid state from penetrating into the column 5. On the other hand, during injection the temperature oftube 12 is kept at such a value as to prevent sample vaporization by means of cooling fluid introduced in 6' and discharged in 17. If required, thetube 12 may be heatedto a controlled temperature to eliminate by the back flush or splitting line well defined light sample component not interesting the analysis. - At this point, after eventual interruption or commutation of cooling, the
vaporization tube 12 is heated at a chosen temperature for instance by theelectric resistor 18, until the sample is completely vaporized. The carrier gas which flows into the injector duct,2, coming from duct 1, enters thevaporization tube 20 and drags the vaporized sample towards the chromatographic column. Part of the mixture formed by the vaporized sample and the carrier gas can be deviated outside the column 5 and discharged through theduct 10 ofinsert 9 so that the column receives only a certain amount of vaporized sample. In particular, the ratio between the amount of mixture deviated by the duct 10 (splitting ratio) is determined by controlling the flow rate in said duct and the opening or closing of same through thecontrol valve 33 and cut off valve 33' connected to theduct 10, according to the temperature oftube 12. Of course, a splitless injection can be made by closing valve 33'. - At the end of the analysis, in order to rapidly cool the
tube 12, a cooling gas, for example ambient air, is introduced through theinjector duct 7, into thehollow space 15 of the tubular element. Said gas, after lapping thetube 12, flows into the oven chamber throughholes 17 provided in the lower part of the tubular element. - In case the sample to be analyzed contains volatile substances which must not enter the gas chromatographic column, during the sample injection stage and before the sample vaporization, the
duct 10"' is fed with inert gas. More detail ediy when the syringe needle to inject the sample has been introduced into the duct 2, thevalve 29 is regulated in such a way that only theduct 10"' communicates with the inert gas source, the valve 31 is regulated in such a way that theduct 10"' is connected to the duct 1' while thevalve 32" of the discharge duct is open. The carrier gas sent to theduct 10"' comes out from the hole 10' of theinsert 9, partly penetrating into the gas chromatographic column and partly into thetube 12. - A small fraction of carrier gas introduced in the
duct 10"' passes through theduct 30 and the neck 31 and flows into the duct 1. At this point the sample is injected into thetube 12 where it meets the opposite inert gas current coming in through theduct 10"'; in this way the more volatile substances present in the sample are dragged by the carrier gas towards the opposite direction to that of sample introduction into the gas chromatographic column and sent out of the injector throughduct 32 and under the control of valve 32', for example a needle valve. The small fraction of inert gas coming out from the duct 1' prevents the volatile substances from entering the duct 1' itself. - The heaviest part of the sample is held by the
protrusions 20 oftube 12 when striked by the carrier gas flow coming from hole 10' ofinsert 9 and dragging the sample volatile substances. When this stage of elimination of the more volatile substances present in the sample is over and the sample vaporization stage begins, thevalve 29 is regulated in such a way that the carrier gas flows only into the duct 1' and thevalve 32" of the discharge duct is closed. Theduct 10"' is kept in communication with duct 1' so that a fraction of carrier gas flowing to the duct 1' comes out from the radial hole 10' of theinsert 9 preventing the vaporized sample from entering theduct 10"'. - The adjustable neck 31 is designed to control the gas flow rate necessary to create a fluid cap, alternatively in the duct 1' during the stage of elimination of the volatile substances present in the sample, and in the radial hole 10' during the vaporization stage and the sample injection in the gas chromatographic column.
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